Tour News
Monday Tour Mash: Rory wins in San Fran, Inbee takes Texas title
My Heart? In San Francisco
Rory McIlroy’s 4 & 2 title bout victory over Gary Woodland felt breezy, given what the World No. 1 experienced in his quarter- and semi-final matches. Rors was extended to 22 holes by the resurgent Paul Casey on Saturday before emerging triumphant, then had to go all 18 holes on Sunday morning to secure a win against the equally-revitalized Jim Furyk. Gary Woodland, despite the loss, should be given blip status on the radar screen of Ryder and Presidents’ Cup captains. The long-hitting, affable Kansan could make a solid partner in team play.
Related: See the clubs Rory McIlroy and Gary Woodland used at the WGC-Cadillac Match Play.
How Do You Honor A Trail Blazer and A Legacy Extender?
By ensuring that Calvin Peete be given his rightful spot in the World Golf Hall of Fame. Peete and Pete Brown passed away last week at the ages of 71 and 80, respectively. Each man crafted a space in the lore of golfers of color, a tendency that has sadly waned in recent years.
Pete Brown was the second African-American golfer to secure a PGA Tour card and the first to win a tournament (the 1964 Waco Turner Open) on that circuit. Brown would return to the titleholder’s circle in 1970 in San Diego.
Calvin Peete became the first golfer of color to win the Players Championship in 1985, the most prestigious of his 12 PGA Tour titles. Despite the disadvantage of a permanently-bent left elbow, Peete developed a game based on unfathomable accuracy. For everything he gave over a brief period of time, open your doors, Sawgrass.
Don’t You…Forget About Me
Seems to be the song that Inbee Park is singing these days. After the remarkable 2013 season, when the World’s No. 2-ranked golfer won the first three major championships to set the golf world abuzz, the Korean golfer has taken something of a back seat to the nascent Lydia Ko.
Well, don’t you forget about Inbee.
A few weeks back, Park was the victim of Sei Young Kim’s inconceivable hole-out for eagle in the playoff for the Lotte Championship. No matter. Park came back against a strong field at the North Texas Shootout to win by three. In the mix were Lexi Thompson, Stacy Lewis, Karrie Webb, the ageless Juli Inkster and the 2015 upstart Brooke Henderson. When you make moving day happen on Sunday, as Park did with a 65, you usually win, and she did.
Late-April Golf Drama
Whether it’s Ian Poulter’s incessant Twhining (that’s Twitter-Whining for the uninitiated), Keegan and Miguel making a bid for a spot on the undercard of Pacquiao-Mayweather, or Stephanie Wei losing her PGA Tour media credentials, last week had high drama, if that’s your thing.
After stinking the joint up in his first two matches, Poulter declared his third match in the WGC-Cadillac Match Play pointless and continued to roll with the vitriol. No one really knows what was said between Bradley and Jimenez, but we do know that Keegan got up in Miguel’s grill to make his point, while the Spaniard waggled his index finger in admonition. As for Wei, the PGA Tour didn’t take kindly to her posting of video clips to her blog, even if they were made via Periscope, a new app sorta kinda like Snapchat, where the video disappears in 24 hours. Oh, and evidently Lindsey Vonn and Tiger Woods are no longer a thing. The world turns, folks, the world turns.
USGA, Choose Sunday!
Thanks to a mid-week finish for the USGA’s inaugural Four-Ball Championship, we have no idea who the winners might be. The medalists are Stanford teammates Maverick McNealy and Viraat Badhwar, yet a bunch of mid-ams stole the show. Coolest thing is the eight teams-for-three spots playoff that takes place Monday morning. Sixteen guys duking it out for a spot in the match play round screams organized chaos. Front-row seat, please.
Missed the cut: As the Jockey’s Pants Fall
https://youtu.be/DYM69N8V5J0
Could this, would this, ever happen in golf? Thankfully, no.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 PGA Championship
GolfWRX is on site this week at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky, for the PGA Championship.
While we see fewer equipment changes and new gear seeding at major championships, we get a look at custom gear and looks into the bags of players we rarely see, which is just as exciting. In the case of the PGA Championship, this means a look at the gear some of the PGA Professionals who qualified for the tournament will be gaming, and LIV players, such as Jon Rahm and Patrick Reed.
Check out links to all our albums from Valhalla below and check back throughout the week as we continue to update.
General Albums
WITB Albums
- Michael Block – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Patrick Reed – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cam Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Josh Speight – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Takumi Kanaya – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kyle Mendoza – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Adrian Meronk – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jordan Smith – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jeremy Wells – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jared Jones – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Somers – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Larkin Gross – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tracy Phillips – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jon Rahm – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Keita Nakajima – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Kazuma Kobori – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- David Puig – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Ryan Van Velzen – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brad Marek – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Chris Gotterup – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rich Beem WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Phil Mickelson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Matt Dobyns – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Lucas Herbert – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Jason Dufner – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- John Daly – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Taylor Gooch – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dean Burmester – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
- Dustin Johnson – WITB – 2024 PGA Championship
Pullout Albums
- Ping putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Bettinardi covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Cameron putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
- Max Homa – Titleist 2 wood – 2024 PGA Championship
- Scotty Cameron experimental putter shaft by UST – 2024 PGA Championship
- Joaquin Niemann – new Ping putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Brooks Koepka’s new Cameron putter – 2024 PGA Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s Cobra bag and Aerojet driver – 2024 PGA Championship
- Super Stroke grip – 2024 PGA Championship
- Tiger Woods – 2024 PGA Championship
- Michael Block’s new TaylorMade “Proto” 7-iron, from address – 2024 PGA Championship
- Odyssey putter covers – 2024 PGA Championship
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News
Photos from the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
GolfWRX is live this week at the Wells Fargo Championship as a field of the world’s best golfers descend upon Charlotte, North Carolina, hoping to tame the beast that is Quail Hollow Club in this Signature Event — only Scottie Scheffler, who is home awaiting the birth of his first child, is absent.
From the grounds at Quail Hollow, we have our usual assortment of general galleries and WITBs — including a look at left-hander Akshay Bhatia’s setup. Among the pullout albums, we have a look inside Cobra’s impressive new tour truck for you to check out. Also featured is a special look at Quail Hollow king, Rory McIlroy.
Be sure to check back throughout the week as we add more galleries.
General Albums
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Monday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #1
- 2024 Wells Fargo Championship – Tuesday #2
WITB Albums
- Akshay Bhatia – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matthieu Pavon – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Keegan Bradley – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Webb Simpson – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Emiliano Grillo – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Taylor Pendrith – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Kevin Tway – WITB – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
Pullout Albums
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rory McIlroy – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- New Cobra equipment truck – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Eric Cole’s custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Custom Cameron putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Matt Kuchar’s custom Bettinardi – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Justin Thomas – driver change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler – putter change – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Rickie Fowler’s new custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Tommy Fleetwood testing a TaylorMade Spider Tour X (with custom neck) – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
- Cobra Darkspeed Volition driver – 2024 Wells Fargo Championship
See what GolfWRXers are saying about our Wells Fargo Championship photos in the forums.
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Tour Photo Galleries
Photos from the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
GolfWRX is on site this week in McKinney, Texas, at the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson (FKA the AT&T Byron Nelson).
Last year at TPC Craig Ranch, Jason Day ended a five-year winless streak. J-Day is in the field again, as are Jordan Spieth, Tom Kim, and Will Zalatoris.
We have our usual assortment of general galleries, WITBs, and pullout albums for your perusal. As always, we’ll continue to add links to additional albums as they make their way to us from the Lone Star State.
Check out links to all our photos below.
General Albums
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Monday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #1
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #2
- 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson – Tuesday #3
WITB Albums
- Pierceson Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kris Kim – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- David Nyfjall – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Adrien Dumont de Chassart – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Jarred Jetter – North Texas PGA Section Champ – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Richy Werenski – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Wesley Bryan – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Parker Coody – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Peter Kuest – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Blaine Hale, Jr. – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Kelly Kraft – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Rico Hoey – WITB – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
Pullout Albums
- Adam Scott’s 2 new custom L.A.B. Golf putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Scotty Cameron putters – 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson
- Ben Griffin playing Maxfli golf ball
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Ronald Montesano
May 6, 2015 at 10:01 am
What’s the question? Glad to answer.
Desmond
May 6, 2015 at 9:24 am
San Fran?
Seriously?